Bowl

Item number Z 35130 from the MAA: University of Cambridge.

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Description

Large wooden feast bowl in the shape of a canoe with a raised prow and bow that has grooved edges. The bowl is badly split with one end entirely broken away, and the other rudimentarily mended.; Good

Context

The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields. Although this bowl has a small label on it with the catalogue number E 1910.17 it appears the object was never accessioned under this number but a snow scraper was instead. The bowl was given a Z number at a later date, although it was part of the collection in 1910.; Bowls were used at feasts and potlatches, the smaller ones containing oolichan grease, into which dried salmon and other foods were dipped, and larger ones containing other foodstuffs. Together with the decorated spoons of mountain-goat horn the bowls represented a tangible connection between the owners, the lineage, and the economic resources consumed during the feast or potlatch.This bowl was possibly steamed in order to extend the girth, the same technique was used for steaming canoes (G.Crowther).; Collected in ?1907